A thought is an idea in transit.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Better know nothing than half-know many things.
All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.
A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction
Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
